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Many studies use symptom-only checklists that fail to account for impairment, she said. In other words, children may have some ADHD symptoms but are not impaired by those symptoms and would not be diagnosed with ADHD. The researchers found that the four risk factors account for a large part of the difference in life expectancy among these groups. For example, among Southern rural blacks these risk factors took the highest toll, reducing life expectancy by 6.7 years among men and 5.7 years among women. Asians saw the lowest reduction in life expectancy, 4.1 years for men and 3.6 years for women. This study provides the first genetic link between handedness, brain asymmetry and reading ability, study author Tony Monaco, of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford in England, said in a university news release. Based on the latest results, it seems like type 2 is progressing more rapidly in children, said Dr. Jane Chiang, senior vice president of medical affairs and community information for the American Diabetes Association. Complications are appearing faster, and it appears to be at a more significant rate than we see in adults.